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SQL Database design & Information retrieval (generic SQL)

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SQL Database design & Information retrieval (generic SQL) Training Course Overview

Course Code:	SQL0090
Price:	£995
Duration:	2 Days - custom / on-site options available - please call.
DATE:
Who should attend:	IT and other professionals who need to learn how to access information stored on relational databases using SQL.
Prerequisite Skills:	A general understanding of IT system and database use.

This course provides an intensive hands-on introduction to SQL and relational databases in a commercial environment. The course initially focuses on the design and structure of relational databases and then, with the design concepts in place, how to efficiently access, update and retrieve information from the database using SQL.

This course also serves as an excellent primer for IT professionals looking to move into SQL Server programming and administration, and SQL Server Reporting Services

Course Content

This course has been developed for real-world, commercial scenarios by our expert instructors. See below for detailed syllabus. If you have a technical question, please email

SQL Database Design and Information Retrieval Training Training Course Outline

Introduction

What you will learn

Data Models

Flat file

Hierarchical

Network

Entity-Relationship Concepts

Relational Data Model

Terminology

Entity types and occurrences

Attributes

Keys

Relationships

Entity-Relationship diagrams

Entity-Relationship Modelling

Gathering Information

Entity-Relationship modelling

Integrating views into a single model

Complex Relationships

Data Integrity and Normalization

Keys

Integrity rules

Normalization

First Normal Form

Second Normal Form

Third Normal Form

Denormalizing

Preparing for Implementation

Attributes and Validation

SQL for Implementation

CREATE and DROP

Table

Index

Foreign Key

ALTER

Security

GRANT

REVOKE

Implementing a design

Defining tables

Defining Relationships

Importing data

Summary

Introduction to Relational Databases

Relational Databases

• Tables, columns, keys

Relationships

Course database layout

Projections, Selections and Joins

Projections

SELECT

Selections

WHERE clause

Comparison, range and list operators

String matching

ORDER BY clause

GROUP BY and HAVING clauses

Joins

Equijoins

Inner and Outer joins

Self joins

Subqueries

Operators

IN / NOT IN

EXISTS / NOT EXISTS

Updates

INSERT

UPDATE

DELETE

Summary

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